---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 948s"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "948s"
heading: "Service of charges"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/948s"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 47A — Military Commissions"
  - "Subchapter III — Pre-Trial Procedure"
---

# §948s. Service of charges


The trial counsel assigned to a case before a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission under this chapter shall cause to be served upon the accused and [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) defense counsel a copy of the charges upon which trial is to be had in English and, if appropriate, in another language that the accused understands, sufficiently in advance of trial to prepare a defense.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2580.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 948s, added Pub. L. 109–366, § 3(a)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2607, related to service of charges, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 111–84.